|
|
Post by olpapa on Sept 25, 2021 16:13:15 GMT -6
Hoping for the pre-trade Graveman here.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2021 16:13:49 GMT -6
That sucked. Weak hit.
|
|
koolade2
Veteran
15K Thief
#WWG1WGA
Posts: 4,340
Likes: 505
|
Post by koolade2 on Sept 25, 2021 16:15:34 GMT -6
You knew Graveman was going to give up the hit to tie the game. He has been a Complete Bust
|
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 25, 2021 16:27:00 GMT -6
Maldy and Altuve each hit it 95+ for outs and they score on a 60mph dinker.
|
|
koolade2
Veteran
15K Thief
#WWG1WGA
Posts: 4,340
Likes: 505
|
Post by koolade2 on Sept 25, 2021 16:28:47 GMT -6
How does the team that is supposed to be the Top Offense go several games in a row without scoring any runs? Then they will score double digits in a game and then go back to sleep. This team is not winning in the Post Season playing like this.
Now isn't the time to be lackadaisical about winning. You want to go into the Postseason on a High Note and feeling good about yourself and the rest of the team as a Whole.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2021 16:37:44 GMT -6
Graveman has not been anything close to what we were hoping for.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2021 16:44:47 GMT -6
Graveman has not been anything close to what we were hoping for. made me nervous, lots of base runners, but he got the job done that inning. |
|
|
|
Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 25, 2021 16:53:13 GMT -6
So, is Graveman still on y'alls list of players we must re-sign?
|
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 25, 2021 17:00:27 GMT -6
Hopefully the offense is getting this cold streak out of the way before the playoffs...
Magic # holds at 3.
|
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 25, 2021 17:09:59 GMT -6
I’m glad Framber has joined Altuve on this trip to Oakland. They’re still waiting on their teammates. I'd say Tucker showed up today.......Yordan has been lost since the idiot managing this team pulled him out of a tie game, then lied and said Yordan was sore, then sat him out Thursday to cover up for his bonehead move. |
|
|
|
Post by olpapa on Sept 25, 2021 17:14:12 GMT -6
Not to worry. We have a 5 game lead in the loss column on the Mariners. We don’t have to score another run this regular season. We can back into the playoffs. We got this.
— Astros Offense
|
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 25, 2021 17:15:08 GMT -6
Hopefully the offense is getting this cold streak out of the way before the playoffs... Magic # holds at 3. I think they decided to just "coast" along and not clinch in Oakland. They are saving up for a big offensive explosion at MMP against the Rays. The worst move of the game was pulling Framber to bring in Graveman. Framber had handled Harrison easily in his prior ABs. Framber's biggest mistake was hitting Andrus with two strikes on him. |
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 25, 2021 17:16:27 GMT -6
The offense puts ONE run on the board in 9 innings, and, we have people blasting the pitching. LMAO
|
|
|
|
Post by unionstation82 on Sept 25, 2021 17:54:48 GMT -6
Maldy and Altuve each hit it 95+ for outs and they score on a 60mph dinker. Which proves that shit is overrated. |
|
|
|
Post by unionstation82 on Sept 25, 2021 17:58:06 GMT -6
One holdover from the Hinch days is this offense’s complete lack of urgency. It’s hard to blame Dusty when this high powered offense goes dormant for days at a time.
Maybe they should rethink some of their strategy with men on base. They’re great at drawing walks and getting hits with no one on but then become a high draft pick team with RISP. Even Bagwell admitted on the broadcast once that this team hasn’t been great with the runner at 3rd/less than 2 out scenario.
I can’t figure out Graveman.
|
|
|
|
Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 25, 2021 18:06:31 GMT -6
Maldy and Altuve each hit it 95+ for outs and they score on a 60mph dinker. Which proves that shit is overrated. Again. And has shown to be true time after time after time. |
|
|
|
Post by unionstation82 on Sept 25, 2021 18:09:48 GMT -6
Which proves that shit is overrated. Again. And has shown to be true time after time after time. No one cares how hard you crush a ball to a defender if they’re sitting there expecting you to hit it to them. |
|
|
|
Post by unionstation82 on Sept 25, 2021 18:12:05 GMT -6
The offense puts ONE run on the board in 9 innings, and, we have people blasting the pitching. LMAO And they held the opponent scoreless until the same damn reliever blew the lead again. Then, our closer put the icing on the cake. It’s more the offense’s fault, but it’s understandable for complaints to be made about the relief pitching. |
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 25, 2021 19:27:09 GMT -6
The offense puts ONE run on the board in 9 innings, and, we have people blasting the pitching. LMAO And they held the opponent scoreless until the same damn reliever blew the lead again. Then, our closer put the icing on the cake. It’s more the offense’s fault, but it’s understandable for complaints to be made about the relief pitching. And the same damn dumbass manager pulled Framber with Harrison coming up with two outs. He was 0-3 with 2 K's. Graveman made a pretty good pitch that ended up being blooped over Correa's head. You could see in the dugout that Framber was very upset at being pulled by the moron. Dusty expects him to produce in the playoffs, but, pulls a bullshit move like this which told Framber that he had no confidence that he could get Harrison out after he had already gotten him three times. That run scored due to Dusty's stupidity. No matter how bad the offense sucks, we have people blaming the pitching for a loss when they gave up the grand total of TWO runs while our supposedly great offense managed one run and three hits against a starter who has an ERA barely under 6 for about a month and a worn out A's pen who had been running on fumes. All of this bullshit about days off for regulars until the division is clinched is the wrong thing to do. Rest the players AFTER you clinch, not before. |
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 25, 2021 20:49:39 GMT -6
Maldy and Altuve each hit it 95+ for outs and they score on a 60mph dinker. Which proves that shit is overrated. It's just numbers. Take them for what you will. |
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 25, 2021 20:55:31 GMT -6
Y'all don't have to like exit velocity or believe it means anything important, but it's just a fact that the most productive hitters in baseball generally have the higher average exit velocities. Starting with Tatis and Ohtani the last time I looked, the two most likely MVP candidates this year. (Along with Harper, Vlad, Donaldson, Yordan, etc.)
|
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 25, 2021 20:57:42 GMT -6
Great game by Framber. I can't fathom why we didn't let him finish the 7th inning. That being said, Graveman and Pressly have to get it going again.
Bottom line though, the offense has to wake up.
|
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 25, 2021 22:08:48 GMT -6
Great game by Framber. I can't fathom why we didn't let him finish the 7th inning. That being said, Graveman and Pressly have to get it going again. Bottom line though, the offense has to wake up. Dusty made a huge mistake by pulling Framber for two reasons. One being the way he had handled Harrison in his three previous ABs. The main one is pissing Framber off and basically telling him he had no confidence in him to finish the inning. Framber was pissed and for good reaspn. His reaction to Harrison's bloop single was priceless. Dusty continues to prove he is clueless when it comes to handling pitchers. Yordan has looked less than happy since Dusty yanked him out of that tie game. Nobody will ever totally convince me that Yordan was taken out because he was "sore" and then sat the next day for the same thing. Dusty probably realized he screwed up by pulling Yordan and then lied to save face. |
|
|
|
Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 25, 2021 23:18:48 GMT -6
Y'all don't have to like exit velocity or believe it means anything important, but it's just a fact that the most productive hitters in baseball generally have the higher average exit velocities. Starting with Tatis and Ohtani the last time I looked, the two most likely MVP candidates this year. (Along with Harper, Vlad, Donaldson, Yordan, etc.) As they say on the internet: Correlation does not imply causation. |
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 26, 2021 9:42:34 GMT -6
Y'all don't have to like exit velocity or believe it means anything important, but it's just a fact that the most productive hitters in baseball generally have the higher average exit velocities. Starting with Tatis and Ohtani the last time I looked, the two most likely MVP candidates this year. (Along with Harper, Vlad, Donaldson, Yordan, etc.) As they say on the internet: Correlation does not imply causation. So you're saying that hitting the ball hard doesn't have a pretty direct correlation to offensive production? Players that hit the ball weakly are more likely to get hits? Interesting take! |
|
|
|
Post by unionstation82 on Sept 26, 2021 9:57:56 GMT -6
As they say on the internet: Correlation does not imply causation. So you're saying that hitting the ball hard doesn't have a pretty direct correlation to offensive production? Players that hit the ball weakly are more likely to get hits? Interesting take! Lost in the shuffle is how bunting is an effective way to move runners when the next hitter is a run producer. It’s also a valuable skill to have when you absolutely need a baserunner in a close game. However, it isn’t desirable to the current stat geeks because it isn’t “new school” enough. |
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 26, 2021 10:53:58 GMT -6
So you're saying that hitting the ball hard doesn't have a pretty direct correlation to offensive production? Players that hit the ball weakly are more likely to get hits? Interesting take! Lost in the shuffle is how bunting is an effective way to move runners when the next hitter is a run producer. It’s also a valuable skill to have when you absolutely need a baserunner in a close game. However, it isn’t desirable to the current stat geeks because it isn’t “new school” enough. Dusty won't bunt runners over with a good run producer coming up. He does it with Maldonado on deck. LOL LOL |
|
|
|
Post by unionstation82 on Sept 26, 2021 11:27:09 GMT -6
Lost in the shuffle is how bunting is an effective way to move runners when the next hitter is a run producer. It’s also a valuable skill to have when you absolutely need a baserunner in a close game. However, it isn’t desirable to the current stat geeks because it isn’t “new school” enough. Dusty won't bunt runners over with a good run producer coming up. He does it with Maldonado on deck. LOL LOL It made sense until he made Maldonado hit. Then, Castro came in for him when it was a blowout. |
|
|
|
Post by blcoach8 on Sept 26, 2021 12:08:05 GMT -6
Dusty won't bunt runners over with a good run producer coming up. He does it with Maldonado on deck. LOL LOL It made sense until he made Maldonado hit. Then, Castro came in for him when it was a blowout. I thought he was golng tp use Castro to PH. Dusty is a effing idiot and proves it over and over. |
|
|
|
Post by Saint on Sept 26, 2021 13:13:04 GMT -6
So you're saying that hitting the ball hard doesn't have a pretty direct correlation to offensive production? Players that hit the ball weakly are more likely to get hits? Interesting take! Lost in the shuffle is how bunting is an effective way to move runners when the next hitter is a run producer. It’s also a valuable skill to have when you absolutely need a baserunner in a close game. However, it isn’t desirable to the current stat geeks because it isn’t “new school” enough. When a bunt works for the desired result it's great. I don't know a lot about it (and I think bunting still has value), but apparently it's more often not helpful than it is helpful. |
|
